WashU Brown School

09/08/2026

At just 12 years old, Brown School alumna Aleeza Granote, MSW ’04, made a phone call that would shape her life’s work.

After volunteering in an Alzheimer’s unit as a youth, Granote dedicated her career to supporting older adults and families through difficult moments. Today, she is an ambulatory care social worker at Mercy Hospital St. Louis and founder and executive director of Card care connection, a nonprofit that has collected more than 95,000 handmade cards for people with cancer nationwide.

Granote recently received a 2026 St. Louis Women of Achievement Award in the Family Support category. The award recognizes women whose volunteer service and leadership have made a lasting impact on the community.

🔗 Read the full story: https://brownschool.washu.edu/2026/09/alumna-turns-handwritten-cards-into-a-national-source-of-support-for-cancer-patients/

09/04/2026

An upcoming event we thought might be of interest to our community. ⤵

09/03/2026

Great meetings don’t happen by accident, they’re facilitated with purpose.

The Advanced Learning Certificate in Group Facilitation & Meeting Management: Flexible Skills, Tools, and Philosophies for Every Situation provides practical tools, proven strategies, and adaptable techniques to help you lead more engaging, inclusive, and results-oriented meetings, whether in person or virtually.

🗓 Fridays | October 2–December 11, 2026
📍 Hybrid | 6 Sessions | 30 CEs | $995 Admission*
🎟 Registration closes September 18, 2026!

🔗 Learn More & Register: https://brownschool.washu.edu/community-and-initiatives/professional-development/advanced-learning-certificate/group-facilitation-meeting-management/

09/03/2026

We hope you’ll join us next week for a special book event featuring author and alumna Stephanie Malia Krauss!

🎙️ Moderator: Dorian Traube (WashU Brown School)
➡️ Panelists: Allison Williams (The Wyman Center), Dan King (Camp Ondessonk), Stephanie Andersen (WashU Clark-Fox Policy Institute)
🗓️ The event is FREE and open to the public.
🔗 Learn more: https://happenings.washu.edu/event/stephanie-malia-krauss-book-event?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=Happenings+at+WashU

09/03/2026

We're thrilled to celebrate Saria Bechara, a social work PhD student, on being named an Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Excellence, Equity, and Inclusion Fellow for 2026!

The two-year fellowship supports students and professionals who display academic excellence, merit, and leadership and have overcome significant challenges related to their backgrounds or life circumstances as they pursue careers in public policy, analysis, and management.

Through the fellowship, Bechara will receive support to attend APPAM’s Annual Fall Research Conference in Boston, along with valuable opportunities for networking, leadership development, and continued engagement with the APPAM community. In her second year, she will also serve as peer mentor for an incoming 2027 fellow.

🔗 Read the full story:

Saria Bechara, a doctoral student in social work at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis, has been named an Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Excellence, Equity, and Inclusion Fellow for 2026. The two-year fellowship supports students and professionals w...

09/02/2026

➡ Register to attend: https://happenings.washu.edu/event/double-loop-learning-seminar-series-complex-systems-thinking-to-promote-housing-and-health-equity

09/02/2026

Brown School faculty have approved a redesigned concentration curriculum for the Master of Social Work (MSW) program, marking the first major revision to the program’s curriculum framework in decades.

Faculty voted overwhelmingly on April 13 to approve the changes after two years of discussion, review and consensus-building. The redesigned concentration curriculum will apply to students entering the program in fall 2027.

➡ Learn More: https://brownschool.washu.edu/2026/09/brown-school-faculty-approve-redesigned-social-work-curriculum/

09/02/2026

Congratulations to Paz Galupo, whose co-edited book, "Addressing Minority Stress and Enhancing Resilience with Diverse LGBTQ+ Clients," has been selected as the 2026 recipient of the Distinguished Book Award from the American Psychological Association’s Division 44.

Galupo is the Audre Lorde Distinguished Professor of Sexual Health & Education and director of the S**G Center at the Brown School. The award recognizes the book’s significant contribution to the field of LGBT psychology.

Galupo co-edited the book with Nicholas A. Livingston, staff psychologist at VA Boston Healthcare System’s Alcohol and Drug Treatment Program and Brian A. Feinstein, a professor in the Department of Psychology at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science in Chicago.

🔗 Read the full story: https://brownschool.washu.edu/2026/08/galupos-lgbtq-mental-health-book-honored-with-apa-distinguished-book-award/

09/01/2026

Applications are now open for our graduate programs including: ⁠

🔹Master of Social Work
🔹Master of Social Policy
🔹PhD in Social Work

➡ LEARN MORE: https://brownschool.washu.edu/admissions-aid/apply/

09/01/2026

We asked incoming MSW students one simple question: Why did you choose the Brown School?